Slow Area/Transition Load & Save Times Starting Around Act 2

[Troy4747]

Description:

Area load and game save times have increased steadily and dramatically starting around act 2.  I began noticing this around the start of Act II, i.e. after my arrival to the first main city.  The game ran very well, with areas loading in 5 seconds or less for all of Act 1, 10+ hours of gameplay. Now loading an area typically takes 30 seconds to a minute, with a fair amount of that time spent on a black screen before the 'loading' screen shows up.  It takes this long regardless of area size, so an inn or single room area takes as long as a big outdoor area.  This significantly degrades the game experience when quests call for you to run quickly between areas.  Note I tried installing the IE mod to change the setting so that the game autosaves before area load, rather than after, didn't solve this. I think the problem is some form of memory leak or decay causing save file/process to increase.

 

 

Steps to Reproduce the Issue:

Play a regular game (steam copy), get a full party (haven't tested this playing solo) and head into Act II.  

 

Important Files:

Dropbox to save game: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1803465/32e9f5c477f7409fa1150c4a264d4607%209365365%20Sanitarium.savegame

 

Output Log

Dropbox (uploader doesn't work):  https://www.dropbox.com/s/7d87j3zsikthkhw/output_log.txt?dl=0

 

System Specs

Dropbox link to dxdiag: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pqcnbjx7dkm82tt/dxdiag.txt?dl=0

 

Screenshots

I found this post discussing a similar and/or potentially the same problem: http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/72764-quick-saving-and-loading-times-increased-greatly-after-20-hours/

 

[Baleros]

I'm having the same issue, has there been any resolution for this yet?

[Justinian]

More people with same issue here:

 

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/72764-quick-saving-and-loading-times-increased-greatly-after-20-hours/